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VELLUM: There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
The Drummer, Act 5, sc. 1 (1716)
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Added on 19-Jan-26 | Last updated 19-Jan-26
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Topics: business, commerce, responsiveness, speed
More quotes by Addison, Joseph An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
Jef Raskin (1943–2005) American computer scientist, writer
The Humane Interface, 1-6 (2000)
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Added on 21-Jun-22 | Last updated 21-Jun-22
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Topics: application, computer, human nature, interface, responsiveness, user-friendly
More quotes by Raskin, Jef Please all, and you will please none.
Aesop (620?-560? BC) Legendary Greek storyteller
Fables [Aesopica], “The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey” (6th C BC) [tr. Jacobs (1894)]
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Another translation: "By endeavoring to please everybody he had pleased nobody." [tr.
James (1848), "The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass"]
Added on 21-Aug-15 | Last updated 16-Sep-21
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Topics: compromise, please, pleasing, popularity, public opinion, responsiveness, unanimity
More quotes by Aesop The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman; US President (1933–45)
Speech (1932-05-22), Commencement, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 6-Aug-25
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Topics: action, change, effort, experimentation, government, policy, problem-solving, responsiveness, test, trial, try again
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